House completed, and we’ve moved

What a busy month it has been. Our house was completed on October 30 and we received our certificate of occupancy. The next day, we celebrated Peyton’s birthday and we were able to show the house off to Jen’s parents who came into town for the birthday celebration.

After receiving the certificate of occupancy, we still had a few minor things to be completed in the house – trim paining and the such – but all the major construction was completed.

We moved in the following week and although we planned to move furniture and rent a truck on Saturday, with the help of some of our fantastic friends, we were able to move in the last furniture late on Friday night. My cousin Brett, his wife Trina, and our friends Annie, Madelyn and Russell all were huge helps in moving us in so quickly, as well as unboxing when we got to the new house. My mom and dad came in on Friday during the day and helped unbox and move some of the bigger furniture, too.

Saturday night, we enjoyed a fantastic dinner welcoming us to the neighborhood. Our neighbor and friend Kendall fixed prime rib on the grill. Tammy and Kendall hosted all of us so that we could meet our neighbors and celebrate our new house. Tammy also prayed for and asked for blessing over our new home. Afterwards, we gave a tour to my cousin Amanda and her boyfriend Justin – and they helped us unpack some more afterwards.

Peyton is really enjoying her new room. She loves sleeping in there — and a bad habit she developed in the rental house has disappeared. A lot of nights in the rental, she would come into our room during the night – around 3am – but that hasn’t happened once in the new house. She loves her room and is really comfortable in it.